MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 39.29,-80.31 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 146 SFC 974 371 16.4 9.7 64 6.7 12.5 229 3 291.8 293.2 286.7 314.0 7.78 2 950 582 15.5 8.9 65 6.6 11.6 249 11 292.9 294.2 286.9 314.5 7.53 3 900 1038 12.9 11.0 88 2.0 11.7 271 12 294.8 296.5 289.1 321.2 9.17 4 850 1517 9.9 9.0 94 1.0 9.4 263 21 296.6 298.1 289.1 321.2 8.48 5 800 2018 6.2 4.5 88 1.8 5.2 262 26 297.8 299.0 287.8 317.1 6.59 6 750 2545 3.9 -7.3 44 11.2 -0.8 276 31 300.8 301.4 285.2 309.9 2.95 7 700 3104 2.7 -31.4 6 34.2 -5.7 285 36 305.5 305.6 284.1 306.9 0.39 8 650 3699 0.4 -36.7 4 37.1 -7.7 287 34 309.4 309.4 285.4 310.3 0.25 9 600 4336 -3.9 -28.5 13 24.6 -10.1 285 34 311.6 311.7 286.6 313.7 0.61 10 550 5016 -8.3 -38.5 7 30.2 -13.9 285 36 314.2 314.3 287.1 315.2 0.25 11 500 5747 -12.9 -31.1 20 18.3 -16.7 289 38 317.4 317.5 288.5 319.4 0.57 12 450 6541 -19.3 -29.0 42 9.7 -21.2 290 43 319.0 319.2 289.3 321.7 0.78 13 400 7406 -24.8 -44.2 15 19.4 -27.0 292 50 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.19 14 350 8361 -32.3 -48.9 18 16.6 -33.6 299 60 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.13 15 300 9431 -40.2 -48.3 42 8.1 -40.8 302 66 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.16 16 250 10648 -49.9 -55.1 55 5.1 -50.1 294 68 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.09 17 200 12075 -57.3 -66.8 29 9.5 -57.5 286 65 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.02 18 150 13896 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.7 285 42 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16460 -57.3 -85.3 2 28.0 -57.8 292 24 416.9 416.9 307.3 416.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.56 m Freezing level: 645.65 mb = 3754.49 m = 12317.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.63 mb = 2472.74 m = 8112.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.42 % Est. max temperature: 21.80 C = 71.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.83 mb = 1218.79 m = 3998.59 ft T: 11.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.71 mb = 1726.87 m = 5665.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.68 C = 71.02 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: 4.71 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.81 C K Index: -2.40 Risk: None Sweat Index: 187.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8425.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.95 mb = 1342.18 m = 4403.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.4 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 311.4 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 181.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 181.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 64.78 m/s